Best Middle Schools in Louisiana

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the LEAP test scores by the Louisiana Dept of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, July 24, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 449)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
220048000318	421	Ferriday Junior High School	Public	6-8	201 Martin Luther King	Ferriday	71334	Concordia Parish	Concordia Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 757-8695	230	22	10.4	92.6%	15 (6.5%)	210 (91.3%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$20,828							7.6	13.3	408	13
220153001495	422	East St. John Preparatory Academy	Public	5-8	400 Ory Drive	La Place	70068	St. John the Baptist Parish	St. John the Baptist Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(985) 536-8450	392	22	18	62.8%	21 (5.4%)	311 (79.3%)	42 (10.7%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.3%)	$20,943							7.3	9.4	427	5
220030000167	423	Caddo Middle Career and Technology School	Public	6-8	6310 Clift Street	Shreveport	71106	Caddo Parish	Caddo Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 868-2753	388	23	16.8	87.9%	8 (2.1%)	363 (93.6%)	10 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$16,034							6.9	4.1	451	28
220156001203	424	Opelousas Junior High School	Public	7-8	730 South Market Street	Opelousas	70570	St. Landry Parish	St. Landry Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(337) 942-4957	456	22	20.7	84.4%	22 (4.8%)	417 (91.4%)	8 (1.8%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	$12,602							6.9	10.7	418	6
220045000312	425	Homer Junior High School	Public	5-8	612 Pelican Drive	Homer	71040	Claiborne Parish	Claiborne Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 927-2826	278	12	23.3	95.7%	27 (9.7%)	228 (82.0%)	6 (2.2%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.7%)	$13,636							6.7	7.4	439	14
220078000557	426	Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School	Public	6-8	440 Old Winnfield Highway	Jonesboro	71251	Jackson Parish	Jackson Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 259-6611	162	11	14.3	77.2%	52 (32.1%)	98 (60.5%)	2 (1.2%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.6%)	$18,414							6.6	11.6	414	12
220168001326	427	Amite Westside Middle Magnet	Public	5-8	401 West Oak Street	Amite	70422	Tangipahoa Parish	Tangipahoa Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(985) 748-9073	285	20	14	89.5%	31 (10.9%)	224 (78.6%)	10 (3.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.7%)	$16,297							6.6	9	430	3
220054002505	428	IDEA University Prep	Public, Charter	K-8	7701 Plank Rd	Baton Rouge	70807	East Baton Rouge Parish	East Baton Rouge Parish	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(225) 364-9805	639	54	11.7	88.7%	8 (1.3%)	595 (93.1%)	28 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (0.9%)	$22,367							6.5	3.6	453	25
220108000788	429	Carroll Junior High School	Public	7-8	2945 Renwick Street	Monroe	71201	Ouachita Parish	City of Monroe School District	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 322-1683	335	20	16.5	87.5%	3 (0.9%)	327 (97.6%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$17,168							5.7	6.3	442	13
220105000779	430	Madison Middle School	Public	6-8	1234 Madison High Drive	Tallulah	71282	Madison Parish	Madison Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 574-0933	244	19	13.1	87.7%	8 (3.3%)	226 (92.6%)	6 (2.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	$14,809							5.6	3.1	455	25

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on LEAP Mathematics, LEAP English Language Arts test scores released by the Louisiana Dept of Education.
These rankings were last updated on July 24, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Louisiana Dept of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Louisiana Dept of Education.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Louisiana Dept of Education.